§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister for Trade whether he will publish a table in the Official Report showing the increase in the unit values of United Kingdom exports of finished manufactures in the year ended January 1982 and the corresponding change in the relative volume of imports and exports of such manufactures.
§ Mr. Peter ReesThe increase in the export unit value index of finished manufactures was 11 per cent. The corresponding change in the relative volume index was a reduction of 23 per cent.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister for Trade, further to his reply of 8 April, Official Report, column 489, concerning imports and exports of manufactures, whether he will publish in the Official Report a similar table showing unit values on the basis of current weights.
§ Mr. Peter ReesFollowing is the information:
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£ million at cash prices 1981–82 1982–83 Total general subsidies 321 261 Optional mortgage scheme 3 4 Administration: central Government 2 local authority 2 4 TOTAL CURRENT EXPENDITURE 327 269 CAPITAL EXPENDITURE Local authority gross expenditure Land 5 New dwellings 80 Acquisitions — Improvement investment 156 Other 19 Improvement grants 30 Gross lending to private persons for house purchase and improvements 32 Loans and grants to the housing associations 9 Total local authority gross expenditure 331 408 New Towns and Scottish Special Housing Association gross investment Land 2 New dwellings 68 Acquisitions 1 Improvements 20 Total new towns and Scottish Special Housing Association gross investment 91 74
£ million at cash prices 1981–82 1982–83 Sales and repayments Land and dwellings, local authorities -61 New towns and Scottish Special Housing Association -34 Associated lending—gross 60 Repayments -7 Repayments of loans to private persons for house purchase and improvements -18 Repayments of loans to housing associations -2 Total sales and repayments -62 -106 Housing corporation schemes Net loans and grants to housing associations 68 92 Savings bonus and loans scheme for first time purchasers (net) and other lending (net) 1 1 166W
HRA Block Non HRA Block Net Allocation Estimated Receipts Total Net Allocation Estimated Receipts Total Rate Fund Contribution Limit Budgeted Rate Fund Contribution Budgeted Standard Rent Income £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million Borders Region Berwickshire 0.663 0.097 0.760 0.314 0.011 0.325 0.156 — 1.619 Ettrick and Lauderdale 0.593 0.332 0.925 0.413 0.007 0.420 0.319 — 2.441 Roxburgh 3.049 0.146 3.195 0.605 0.170 0.775 0.302 0.128 3.704 Tweeddale Nil 0.418 0.315 0.165 — 0.165 0.151 0.111 0.888 Central Region Clackmannan 1.639 0.201 1.840 0.550 0.020 0.570 0.631 0.889 4.584 Falkirk 4.487 1.619 6.106 1.010 0.150 1.160 1.891 3.687 15.570 Stirling 3.145 0.810 3.955 0.725 0.090 0.815 2.218 3.136 5.343 Dumfries and Galloway Region Annandale and Eskdale 3.133 0.762 3.895 0.410 0.010 0.420 0.334 0.244 2.725 Nithsdale 2.446 0.404 2.850 0.384 0.016 0.400 0.140 0.364 3.769 Stewartry 1.219 0.111 1.330 0.225 0.005 0.230 0.159 0.111 1.538 Wigtown 1.292 0.468 1.760 0.520 0.010 0.530 0.268 — 2.571 Fife Region Dunfermline 2.093 3.607 5.700 1.475 0.035 1.510 1.595 1.535 12.487 Kirkcaldy 5.335 1.165 6.500 3.100 0.100 3.200 1.755 1.755 13.140 North East Fife 3.092 1.088 4.180 0.850 0.020 0.870 0.650 0.198 4.636 Grampian Region Aberdeen City 0.396 10.621 11.017 3.940 0.310 4.250 4.177 8.324 14.097 Banff and Buchan 2.615 1.185 3.800 1.140 0.050 1.190 0.726 0.299 6.613 Gordon 3.318 1.527 4.845 0.615 0.015 0.630 0.739 0.609 3.041 Kincardine and Deeside 3.322 0.308 3.630 0.495 0.010 0.505 0.449 0.272 1.720 Moray 3.145 1.605 4.750 0.870 0.030 0.900 0.825 — 5.120 Highland Region Badenoch and Strathspey 1.070 0.165 1.235 0.125 0.030 0.155 0.113 0.054 0.558 Caithness 2.147 0.228 2.375 0.550 0.040 0.590 0.323 0.323 1.837 Inverness 2.276 1.156 3.432 1.030 0.070 1.100 0.746 1.142 3.560 Lochaber 1.502 0.245 1.747 0.160 0.005 0.165 0.291 0.852 1.905 Nairn 0.444 0.105 0.549 0.095 — 0.095 0.138 0.159 0.595 Ross and Cromarty 3.650 0.100 3.750 1.070 0.020 1.090 0.433 0.290 3.154 Skye and Lochalsh 0.668 0.085 0.753 0.270 — 0.270 0.125 0.152 0.391 Sutherland 1.207 0.133 1.340 0.514 0.006 0.520 0.157 0.141 0.866 Lothian Region East Lothian 1.822 2.738 4.560 0.845 0.055 0.900 0.680 0.680 7.091
£ million at cash prices 1981–82 1982–83 Total capital expenditure 429 470 TOTAL PROGRAMME 755 739 As all the figures have been rounded to the nearest £1 million for 1981–82 and 1982–83, they do not necessarily sum to the totals.